"Health & Medical News"

A new study finds that while most Canadian parents are accepting of the fact that their children will drink alcohol, they are unaware of many of the risks of teen drinking, the CanWest News Service reported Sept. 12.

The Ekos Research report also found that some parents buy alcohol or host drinking parties for their kids.

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Americans appear to have struck an odd compromise on marijuana, with most believing the drug should remain illegal but wanting prohibitions against its use lightly enforced, the Denver Post reported Sept. 18.

Producing and distributing marijuana still carries big penalties, but a number of U.S. communities have limited police authority to prosecute minor marijuana offenses, and even more have legalized medical use of marijuana. Denver residents will go to the polls in November to vote on whether to make marijuana possession the city’s lowest law-enforcement priority.

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